'Vinod Rai has been complete failure in implementing Lodha reforms'
Eminent scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee CNR Rao believes that 90 per cent of the universities and higher educational institutions in the country have outdated curriculum, keeping them from making into the top institutes of the world.
The films that fared badly at the box office.
United States has the highest number of civilian firearms with a whopping 101.1 firearms per 100 population.
A look at the red carpet arrivals.
Mission Mangal has its heart in place, feels Sukanya Verma.
Celebrating Independence Day the Bollywood way.
Rediff.com recaptures these and other exciting sporting moments from the week gone by....
A look at Hollywood's swish set at the Globes.
Politics, favouritism and poor taste in cinema have contributed to embarrassing choices for the Oscar race in the past. This little gem from India needs the love, emotional and financial support from the government as well as the Indian film industry, argues Aseem Chhabra.
'Even though the film focuses on caste discriminations in rural India, it is first of all a riveting police procedural, and one of the best made in India,' says Aseem Chhabra.
After a decade-long wait, the IAF will transform 80 ageing Jaguar fighters into highly capable, multi-role, combat aircraft.
We are what our thoughts have made us, Swami Vivekananda said.
Are our ministers having fun at our expense? Any other explanation would suggest 'we are ruled by men whose judgement you cannot trust and whose grasp of reality is questionable,' says Karan Thapar.
Shuai Jiao Baba (Let's Wrestle, Dad) in China seems to have made twice its combined earnings in India and the rest of the world.
Mathematical problems can sometimes turn out to have real-world applications. This is true for the Riemann Hypothesis. Crypto-currency investors will heave a sigh of relief if the problem is unsolved since a proof could render their expertise obsolete, explains Devangshu Datta.
Crossing a major milestone in the country's space history, ISRO's Mars Orbiter mission ventured out of Earth's sphere of influence for the first time in an attempt to reach the red planet's orbit
Stress, Wi-Fi signals and alcohol can have a negative effect.
Three molecular chemists -- Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel -- were on Wednesday awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for devising computer simulations that are used to understand and predict chemical processes.
How many of the 354 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2017 have you seen?
Hurricane Irma hopscotched up Florida's west coast making two landfalls and driving a wall of water and winds that submerged Miami. Here are some of the most telling images from the ground from Irma's path.
Chelsea turned again to experienced Dutchman Guus Hiddink to guide them out of a crisis when they named him interim manager on Saturday for the rest of the season following the sacking of Jose Mourinho.
'They are not called the President's National Awards for no reason.'
The award function was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Who are the big winners of the night? We tell you!
Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade.
Sanjay Matai, a financial adviser and author, penned this advice for his son when he got his first job and first paycheque.
Here is a list of some activities you can do in the park in Bollywood style!
Who won at the Globes? We tell you!
Dinesh Vazirani on how he built Saffronart into an institution.
The DARIN-III navigation attack system allows a Jaguar pilot to feed in the coordinates of targets deep inside enemy territory.
India-born Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has been confirmed as president elect of Britain's prestigious Royal Society.
'Will you take a Mercedes Benz or Rolex watches or fancy shoes to your grave?'
Here's a list of the favourites of the billionaires.
A big part of October's charm is in its taking of a cinematic tragedy and presenting to us how we may experience it in real life, says Sreehari Nair.
From Novak Djokovic's top performances to Australia's ICC World Cup victory and Sania Mirza's fabulous run, we have these and many more scintillating moments frozen in time and presented to you in this special photo-feature...
Ahead of India's Mars orbiter's scheduled rendezvous with the red planet on September 24, ISRO is all set for the crucial fourth trajectory correction manoeuvre and test fire of the main liquid engine on the spacecraft on Monday.
